Lot 117
BLUE-GLAZED POTTERY OFFICER HORSEMAN
MING DYNASTY
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 713
Auction: 4 November 2022 at 10:00 GMT
Description
明 藍釉官人騎馬像
modelled with a standing horse on a rectangular plaque, the rider in officer's dress and carrying an arched sword in scabbard, with a detachable head, overall decorated in shades of ink, dark blue glaze and turquoise glaze
Dimensions
35cm high, 27cm wide
Footnote
Note: with an original and signed Thermoluminescence Report no.: 02R210317 issued by Laboratory Kotalla, Germany, stating that the piece is dated to the Ming dynasty.
A standing military figure identified as Wei Tuo, Heavenly King or Guardian God of a Buddhist temple, is similarly biscuit-fired with ink-blue and turquoise glazes and dated to the Ming dynasty, currently in the collection of the British Museum, museum number OA+.530.